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Mark Haskell CARTER

Mark Haskell CARTER[1]

Male 1841 - 1862  (20 years)

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  • Name Mark Haskell CARTER 
    Born 12 Oct 1841  Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Event Civil War - 14th ME Inf, Co A: Corpl 
    Served Civil War? Y 
    Military Flag Y 
    Cause of Death Killed in Battle of Baton Rouge 
    Died 5 Aug 1862  Baton Rouge, E Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8027  Main
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 

    Father Robert B. “Bob” CARTER,   b. 3 Dec 1807, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1899, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Abigail B. HASKELL,   b. Abt 1802, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1895, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1831 
    Family ID F2956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Oct 1841 - Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Battle of Baton Rouge
      Estimated Casualties: 849 total (US 371; CS 478)
      In an attempt to regain control of the state, Confederates wished to recapture the capital at Baton Rouge. Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge planned a combined land/water expedition with his corps and CSS Ram Arkansas. Advancing west from Camp Moore, the Confederate land forces, coming from the east, were only ten miles away on August 4. They reached the outskirts of the capital early in the morning, formed for an attack in two divisions, and began to drive back each Union unit they encountered. Then, Union gunboats in the river began shelling the Confederates. The Arkansas could have neutralized the Union gunboats, but her engines failed and she did not participate in the battle. Federal land forces, in the meantime, fell back to a more defensible line, and the Union commander, Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams, was killed soon after. The new commander, Col. Thomas W. Cahill, ordered a retreat to a prepared defensive line nearer the river and within the gunboats’ protection. Rebels assailed the new line, but finally the Federals forced them to retire. The next day the Arkansas’s engines failed again as she closed on the Union gunboats; she was blown up and scuttled by her crew. The Confederates failed to recapture the state capital.«s77»

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] Blue Hill, ME: Vital Records, 1766-1809., Grace Limeburner.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023